The sailor was deployed to the Middle East with the destroyer Jason Dunham
Navy officials declined to confirm media reports that the Russian jet flew within 20 feet of a P-8 Poseidon.
Satellite images from this week showed a Chinese carrier group steaming with dozens of other ships, according to a Reuters report.
The rescued women had been lost at sea for months after their sailboat trip from Hawaii to Tahiti went awry.
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